Chat with your own documents using an AI knowledge base

Lets you ask questions and get answers pulled directly from documents you keep in Google Drive.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each document uploaded.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsKnowledge Base & RAGFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google DriveCohereGoogle Gemini

The problem it solves

Digging through folders of documents to find one answer wastes time you don't have. You know the information exists somewhere in your files, but finding it means opening and skimming document after document.

Who it fits

Teams or individuals who want quick answers from a growing library of internal documents.

How it works

  1. You upload documents to a Google Drive folder
  2. Each document is broken down and stored in a searchable knowledge base
  3. You ask a question in a chat window
  4. The AI finds the relevant passages and answers based on your documents
What you get

Answers pulled straight from your own files

You get instant answers pulled straight from your own documents, without hunting through folders to find the right file.

What you get

A direct chat answer sourced from your own documents, instead of a manual search.

What you need

A Google Drive account, a Cohere API key, and a Google Gemini API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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